The Boundary Commission for England today (8 November) publishes
new revised proposals for
constituencies across the country and opens a final month-long
consultation, giving the public a last opportunity to send in
their views.
The Commission has taken into consideration over 45,000 comments
sent in by the public during the previous two stages of public
consultation, and has changed nearly half of its initial
proposals based on this feedback. A third and final consultation
on the new map of revised constituency proposals is open now
until 5 December. The public are invited to view and comment on
the new map at https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/.
The Commission is undertaking an independent review of all
constituencies in England as requested by Parliament. The number
of electors within each constituency currently varies widely due
to population changes since the last boundary review. The 2023
Boundary Review will rebalance the number of electors each MP
represents, resulting in significant change to the existing
constituency map. As part of the review, the number of
constituencies in England will increase from 533 to 543.
After this final consultation has closed on 5 December, the
Commission will analyse the responses and form its final
recommendations. These will be submitted to Parliament by 1 July
2023.
Tim Bowden, Secretary to the Boundary Commission for England,
said:
“Today we are announcing the publication of our revised
proposals. Last year we published our initial proposals for new
constituency boundaries – our first go at what the map should
look like. We are delighted with the huge number of comments from
members of the public on our initial proposals, many which
included valuable evidence about local communities.
Today’s publication is the culmination of months of analysis and
we have revised nearly half of our initial proposals based on
what people have told us. We now believe we are close to the best
map of constituencies that can be achieved under the rules we are
working to.
However, we still want people to tell us what they think of this
latest map before we submit our final recommendations to
Parliament next year. This is our final consultation and I
encourage you to participate in the 2023 Boundary Review.”
